Time is still there, and the time soon came to the end of 1916, and Sun Qian and his wife also came out of the farewell to Miyamoto, and the two of them are now studying desperately, absorbing all the knowledge that can help them. And the hungry learning attitude of the two of them drove the learning attitude of other students. The bald principal and the faculty were very pleased with the fact that everyone was competing for excellence.

Sun Qian also maintained a correspondence with Mr. Xi Jiesi, and the two often used the current war as the object of study to speculate on the trend of the war. Sun Qian asks more questions and answers less, and Xi Jiesi asks less and answers more, although the two do not have the name of master and apprentice between each other, they have the reality of master and apprentice. Even Sun Xing has also been stained with a lot of light, Xi Jie Si has no class, and treats studious students generally, which makes Sun Xing improve a lot.

As time went on, attitudes towards war began to change in the United States, with Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare costing American capitalists and President Wilson's re-election campaign successful. The war attitude of the upper echelons of the United States is becoming more and more obvious. Of course, this is a statement on the bright side.

Behind all of this is actually the consideration of the United States' own interests. It makes sense to go to war, so you go to war, and as for other things, who cares what you say or promise.

First of all, in terms of political interests, the United States has the ambition to seize the right to speak in the world, and economic development has prompted the United States to have political ambitions, and in addition, the European belligerents are losing both, and the United States cannot give up this low-hanging fruit.

And in real history, it is precisely in this way that it has developed. The "neutrality" of the United States before entering the war was nothing more than to make war money and wait for the best opportunity to enter the war. In 1917, when the war was drawing to a close and the two major military blocs were exhausted, the United States entered the war at this time, which could not only easily win and reap the spoils of war, but also help to seize world hegemony after the war. In January 1918, just before the end of World War II, U.S. President Wilson proposed the "Fourteen Points" principle of peace, as if he were the leader of the world. This fully reflects the ambition of the United States to dominate the world.

Second, the collusion of economic interests does not allow the United States to break away from Europe and stand alone. You know, the United States provided a large amount of loans to the Entente. If the Entente were defeated, the loss of the United States would not be a fraction of what it would be.

In real history, the United States made a lot of money from a debtor country to a creditor country in one fell swoop through World War I, and of course, there is another country that also made war money, and this country is Japan.

Historical records show that since the end of the 19th century, the contradictions between the United States and Britain have gradually eased, while the contradictions between the United States and Germany have grown day by day. Germany is the main competitor of the United States in its expansion in Latin America. By 1914, U.S. investment in Latin America was $1.7 billion, and Germany's was $900 million, catching up with the United States. After the outbreak of World War I, trade between the United States and the Allies surged from $824 million in 1914 to $3.214 billion in 1916 as a result of Britain's tight naval blockade of Germany, while trade with the Allies plummeted from $69 million in 1914 to a mere $1.16 million in 1916. During the war, the United States also supplied the Entente countries with $10.5 billion in various materials and lent $10 billion. As a result, the economic interests of the United States and the Entente have been closely linked. In particular, the February Revolution has already taken place in Russia, and once Russia and Germany negotiate peace alone, withdraw from the war, and the Allies defeat the Entente, then the $10 billion loan of the United States will be written off, and the stakes will be high, and it will have to enter the war.

For these two reasons, the United States' entry into the war is inevitable in the eyes of some discerning people.

The most direct manifestation of this is the beginning of the expansion of the United States, because of the general war-weariness in the United States, the United States has a standing army of only 130,000 men, which is simply unable to play a role in the European theater. So he began to work on the expansion of the army. Cadets of various military academies began to be drafted on a large scale, finishing their studies early and entering the army.

Since Sun and the others were not Americans, they were not originally included in the draft, but Alvery thought that this war was a rare opportunity for Sun and the others to practice, so he made them also included in the draft through his connections.

After Sun Qian and the others found out, they were not disgusted, and they also wanted to verify what they had learned, so they readily agreed to the call.

Due to their special statuses and the endorsement of the West Point Military Academy, Sun Qian and his wife were not assigned to the active US Army, but were assigned to a newly formed unit similar to that of a commando unit, which was directly under the command of the US War Department. The purpose of the establishment of this unit is to test the risk of the US military participating in the European war.

Sun and Qian, who entered and exited the barracks, were surprised, because the state of this unit did not seem to be formed for war at all, whether it was black people playing everywhere or white people sleeping against the wall, everyone looked more like they were on vacation than preparing for battle.

Due to the previous West Point competition, Sun Qian was directly appointed as the commander of the first company of this battalion-level unit, Sun Xing was appointed as the deputy company commander and the commander of the first platoon, and one of the other two platoons was transferred from other units as an officer.

After the secretary of the battalion announced the appointment of Sun Gan and the others in front of everyone, the sense of urgency of time made Sun Gan and the others dare not slack off in the slightest. Leave the officers in charge for the meeting.

Among them, the second platoon commander was a top student from West Point, Lieutenant John, Lieutenant Monfit. Because of the previous trip to West Point, Lieutenant Memphett greatly recognized Sun Qian and the two, and happily accepted Sun Gan's leadership position, and the other third platoon commander was Mark and Lieutenant Turner of the Virginia Military Academy. This Lieutenant Turner did not agree with Sun Gan's leadership, in his eyes Sun Gan was not worthy of leading him at all, the two of them were at best cleaning toilets, how could they lead him.

Sun Qian did not fail to see Lieutenant Turner's dissatisfaction, but it was still a long time, and there were ways to take him down. Now Sun Qian is busy building the company's infrastructure, and other things are put aside for the time being.

Sun Qian's company is a reinforced company, in addition to the three infantry platoons, there is also a fire support platoon directly under the company, in addition to a communications squad and a logistics supply squad. Due to the experimental nature of the troops, the firepower of the company is also stronger than that of the average infantry company.

All three infantry platoons are set up with four infantry squads, and each infantry squad has an additional machine gun formation, and the rare assault @ gun is also available. The riflemen were each armed with a 1903 Springfield rifle, and there were rare ones who were equipped with a pistol, which in other units had to pay for themselves. In addition, the fire support platoon, in addition to having 4 heavy machine guns, also has an artillery squad of two mortars. Finally, the communication squad and the logistics supply squad are also fully equipped. In addition, they can be supported by battalion fire at all times.

Such a luxurious configuration made Sun Qian and the others very satisfied, and all that remained was how to collect the hearts of these proud soldiers.